Hay-carrier



(No Model.)

A. L. JORDAN.

HAY CARRIER.

Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMBROSE LJJORDAN, or OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION fonning part of Letters Patent No. 347,178, dated August 10, 1886.

Application filed December 29, 1885.

ments in Hay-Carriers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a vertical section, and shows the catch looked upon the stud. Fig. 2 is also a vertical section, but shows the catch disengaged from the stud. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection taken where the broken line 00' x is marked on Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a horizontal section taken where the broken line 313 is marked on Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the double-actingtumblercatch, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the same.

This invention has relation to hay-carriers; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body of the haycarrier, having the flanged wheels B, running upon the track C. Usually the body A is made in two portions, which are bolted together, as indi cated at c a. In the lower portion or base of the body A is the circular bearing 1), for the swivel portion D of the carrier. The swivel portion is formed with the turning or pivoted head c,which engages the bearing 1). Usually the swivel D is made in two portions or halves,

which are bolted together, as indicated at g E represents the swivel-pulley, which is mounted on the pin or bolt g, and is provided with the ropeguard Ii.

K is the bell-mouth in the base of the swivel, having a central opening or throat, k, for the passage of the head L of the fork-pulley N.

Vindicates the double-acting tumbler-catch of the carrier. This is formed with two pivotal axes or points of support, I and 'm, on

opposite sides of the axial line of the bellmouth. Inclined guide-slots o and z are to regulate the movements of the pivots Z and m,

Serial No. 187,041. (No model) respectively. On the side of the pivot on the catch V extends downward in the form of a curved arm, P, having a forked end, 12, which is the supporting-catch for the head L of the fork-pulley N. Under the pivot m a bearing, 1', is. provided, which, when the head of'the fork-pulley rises, is pushed.upward, causing the catch-arm P to descend and engage said head. At the same time this reversing of the position of the catch V effects a disengagement of the upward projection s of said catch from the catch-block or catch-stud t of the main track, so that the carrier is allowed to move upon the track away from said catchblock. It cannot, however, leave the catch-block until the disengagement of the catch Vis effected by the action of the head of the fork-pulley. In this disengaged position it will be observed that the parts at are higher than the pivots Z, and that the curved hook P has descended across the throat of the bell-mouth. Now, upon the return of the carrier to the catchblock, the catch V, by means of the raised projection s, which is located on the opposite side of the catch from the projection s, engages the catch-block,which by the stroke again reverses the position of the catch V, causing the projection s to rise and lock the catch to the catch-block and the curved catch P to recede from the throat of the bell-mouth, and thereby disengage the head of the fork-pulley, allowing the latter to descend. It will therefore appear that whenever the carrier is locked to the catch-block of the track its fork-pulley is out of engagement, and, on the other hand, whenever said fork-pulley is'engaged with the carrier the latter is unlocked from the catchblock. By means of the swivel portion of the carrier, it can be reversed to operate upon the track-bar on the opposite side of the catchblock without resorting to any mechanical adjustment further than simply turning the swivel portion around to bring its. pulley on the opposite side. This tumbler-catch is very simple and strong. It consists, essentially, of but one removable piece, having the pivots or studs Z and m, which work in the guideslots. These guide-slots incline toward each other from below upward, so that when the pivots lare down the pivots at will be raised, and when the latter are depressed the pivots Z will be moved upward. The carrier cannot leave ICC the catch-block until the fork-pulley is locked pivoted points Z and m, adapted to tie on opin it, and upon the return the fork-pulley is posite sides of the axial line of the bell-mouth,

not freed until the carrier is again fastened, so the forlepulley, and the head L, all adapted that perfect work is insured. to operate substantially as specified. I 5 5 Having vdescribed this invention, what I In testimony whereof Iafllxmy signature in claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, presence of two witnesses.

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